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Mar 25

Defining Subculture

This week’s topic on subcultures was very interesting to me.  I find it hard to believe that at the time when cultural studies began looking at subcultures, it was thought of as a ludicrous idea to look at youth subcultures seriously.  Youth is a dynamic age where people are trying to figure out their identity [...]

Dec 03

One holistic system of systems

This week we discussed the deployment of the concept of globalization and how new spaces are found between groups of people and connected. When we discussed the usually negative deployment of the market aspect of globalization, I couldn’t stop thinking about Arthur Jensen’s speech from Network: “There are no nations. There are no peoples. There [...]

Nov 20

Steampunk, Politics, and Identity

So the culture of steampunk blew my mind, mostly because I’d had absolutely NO idea it was even out there (under there?)  From the research our group has already done or data we’ve collected on subcultures, it’s interesting to delve into a group that could have millions of members across the world identifying with it, [...]

Sep 04

A Brief Intro to Cultural Studies

I’m not even gonna lie…this was a difficult read, but I’ve noticed that at the beginning of the semester they almost always have to be so you can gain some background on the subject that you will be studying all semester, so I’m actually glad that we started off with this one and I’m looking [...]

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